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N-400 (Part 9) – 37 Yes-No Questions with 45 Words You Must Know & New 25 Reading & Writing Sentences for the U.S. Citizenship Interview · U.S. Citizenship Test 2026

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  Have you ever claimed to be AUS citizen in writing or any other
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  way? No.
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  What does claim to be AUS citizen mean?
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  To tell someone that you are AUS citizen.
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  To tell someone that you are AUS citizen.
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  Have you ever registered to vote or voted in any federal, state,
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  or local election in the United States?
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  No. What does vote mean?
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  To elect a new leader. To elect a new leader.
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  Do you currently owe any overdue federal, state, or local taxes
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  in the United States? No.
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  Do you know what owe taxes means?
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  To owe. The government money.
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  To owe. The government money.
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  What does owe any overdue taxes mean?
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  Didn't pay taxes on time. Didn't pay taxes on time.
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  Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you
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  called yourself a non resident alien on a federal, state, or
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  local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you
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  considered yourself to be a non resident?
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  No. What is a non resident alien?
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  A person who is not AUS resident.
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  A person who is not AUS resident.
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  Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
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  associated with any communist or totalitarian party anywhere in
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  the world? No.
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  Tell me what the Communist Party is.
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  No freedom like Cuba or China. No freedom like Cuba or China.
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  What is a totalitarian party? The political party with total
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  control. The political party with total
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  control. Have you ever advocated,
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  supported and promoted any opposition to all organized
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  government? No.
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  Have you ever been a member of or involved in world communism?
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  No. Have you ever associated with
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  any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the
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  establishment in the United States of a totalitarian
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  dictatorship? No.
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  What is a totalitarian dictatorship?
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  A political system with total control.
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  A political system with total control.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any of
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  the overthrow by force or violence or other
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  unconstitutional means of the government of the United States
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  or all forms of law? No.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any of
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  the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or
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  officers of the government of the United States or of any
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  other organized government because of their official
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  character? No.
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  What does unlawful assaulting mean?
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  To attack someone illegally. To attack someone illegally.
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  Have you ever associated with any group anywhere in the world
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  that advocated any of the unlawful damage, injury or
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  destruction of property? No.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any
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  sabotage? No.
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  What is sabotage? The act of destroying something.
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  The act of destroying something. Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you
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  ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any
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  other assistance or support to a group that used a weapon or
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  explosive with intent to harm another person or cause damage
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  to property? No.
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  What is a weapon? Like a knife, gun or bomb?
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  Like a knife, gun or bomb. What is explosive?
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  A substance that can explode. A substance that can explode.
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  Engaged Participated in kidnapping, assassination, or
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  hijacking or sabotage of an airplane, ship, vehicle, or
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  other mode of transportation. No.
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  What does kidnapping mean? Taking someone by force
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  illegally. Taking someone by force
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  illegally. What is assassination?
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  The killing of someone famous. The killing of someone famous.
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  Threatened, attempted, tried, conspired, planned with others,
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  prepared, planned, advocated for, or incited.
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  Encouraged others to commit any of the acts listed in item
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  number six dot A or 6 dot B. No.
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  Do you understand what threatened means?
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  To tell someone you will hurt them.
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  To tell someone you will hurt them.
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  Have you ever ordered, insighted, called for,
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  committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated
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  in torture? No.
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  Do you understand the word torture?
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  To cause great pain to someone. To cause great pain to someone.
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  Have you ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted,
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  helped with, or otherwise participated in genocide?
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  No. How do you define genocide?
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  Killing a whole race. Killing a whole race.
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  Have you ever participated in killing or trying to kill any
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  person? No.
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  Have you ever ordered, insighted, called for,
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  committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated
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  in intentionally and severely injuring or trying to injure any
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  person? No.
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  Have you ever participated in any kind of sexual contact or
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  activity with any person who did not consent, did not agree or
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  was unable to consent, could not agree, or was being forced or
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  threatened by you or by someone else?
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  No. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in not letting someone practice their religion?
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  No. What is religion?
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  The belief in and worship of a God or gods.
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  The belief in and worship of a God or gods.
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  Have you ever participated in causing harm or suffering to any
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  person because of their race, religion, national origin,
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  membership in a particular social group, or political
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  opinion? No.
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, helped, or
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  participated in any military or police unit?
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  No. What is a military unit?
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  The official army for a country. The official army for a country.
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, helped or
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  participated in any armed group? A group that carries weapons,
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  for example, paramilitary unit, self-defense unit, vigilante
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  unit, rebel group or guerrilla group.
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  No. Have you ever worked,
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  volunteered, or otherwise served in a place where people were
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  detained, forced to stay? For example, a prison, jail,
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  prison camp, detention facility, or labor camp?
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  Or have you ever directed or participated in any other
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  activity that involved detaining people?
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  No. What does to be detained mean?
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  Held in custody by police. Held in custody by police.
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  Were you ever a part of any group or did you ever help any
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  group, unit, or organization that used a weapon against any
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  person or threatened to do so? No.
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  If you answered yes to item number 10 dot a, when you were
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  part of this group or when you helped this group, did you ever
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  use a weapon against another person?
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  No. If you answered yes to item
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  number 10 dot a, when you were part of this group or when you
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  helped this group, did you ever threaten another person that you
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  would use a weapon against that person?
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  No. Have you ever sold, provided or
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  transported weapons or assisted any person in selling, providing
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  or transporting weapons which you knew or believed would be
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  used against another person? No.
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  Have you ever received any weapons training, paramilitary
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  training, or other military type training?
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  No. What is weapons training?
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  Learning how? To use a gun.
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  Learning how to use a gun. Have you ever recruited, asked,
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  enlisted, signed up, conscripted, required to join,
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  or used any person under 15 years of age to serve in or help
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  an armed group, or attempted or worked with others to do so?
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  No. Have you ever used any person
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  under 15 years of age to take part in hostilities, or
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  attempted or worked with others to do so?
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  No. Have you ever participated in
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  combat or provided services related to combat, such as
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  serving as a messenger or transporting supplies?
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  No. Have you ever committed, agreed
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  to commit, asked someone else to commit, helped commit, or tried
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  to commit a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
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  No. What does commit mean?
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  To do something wrong or illegal.
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  To do something wrong or illegal.
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  What is a crime? An action that breaks the law.
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  An action that breaks the law. What does to be arrested mean?
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  To be handcuffed. By the police.
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  To be handcuffed. By the police.
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  Have you ever been arrested, cited, detained or confined by
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  any law enforcement officer, military official in the US or
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  elsewhere, or immigration official for any reason, or been
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  charged with a crime or offense? No.
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  What does to be cited mean? Given a ticket by police.
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  Given a ticket by police. What does to be confined mean?
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  To be kept in a place. To be kept in a place.
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  What does to be charged mean? To be accused of a crime.
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  To be accused of a crime. If you received a suspended
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  sentence, were placed on probation or were paroled, have
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  you completed your suspended sentence, probation or parole?
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  No. Have you ever engaged in
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  prostitution, attempted to procure or import prostitutes or
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  persons for the purpose of prostitution, or received any
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  proceeds or money from prostitution?
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  No. Do you know what procure means?
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  To find a prostitute for somebody To find a prostitute
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  for somebody. Please tell me what a prostitute
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  is. Someone who has sex for money.
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  Someone who has sex for money. Have you ever manufactured,
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  cultivated, produced, distributed, dispensed, sold or
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  smuggled, trafficked any controlled substances, illegal
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  drugs, narcotics or drug paraphernalia in violation of
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  any law or regulation of AUS State, the United States, or a
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  foreign country? No.
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  What does smuggle mean? To take things to a country
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  illegally. To take things to a country
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  illegally. What are illegal drugs or
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  narcotics? Like heroin or cocaine?
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  Like heroin or cocaine? Have you ever been married to
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  more than one person at the same time?
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  No. Have you ever married someone in
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  order to obtain an immigration benefit?
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  No. What is an immigration benefit?
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  Things like a visa, green card or citizenship.
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  Things like a visa, green card or citizenship.
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  Have you ever helped anyone to enter or try to enter the United
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  States illegally? No.
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  Have you ever gambled illegally or received income from illegal
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  gambling? No.
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  Tell me what illegal gambling means.
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  To play a game for money illegally.
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  To play a game for money illegally.
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  Have you ever failed to support your dependents, pay child
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  support, or to pay all the money?
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  No. Have you ever made any
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  misrepresentation to obtain any public benefit in the United
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  States? No.
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  How do you define misrepresentation?
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  The act of giving false information.
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  The act of giving false information.
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  What is public benefit? Welfare like food stamps,
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  housing or health care? Welfare like food stamps,
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  housing or health care? Have you ever given any U.S.
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  government officials any information or documentation
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  that was false, fraudulent or misleading?
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  No. What is fraudulent?
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  To be dishonest. To be dishonest.
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  What is misleading? Giving somebody the wrong idea.
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  Giving somebody the wrong idea. Have you ever lied to any U.S.
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  government officials to gain entry or admission into the
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  United States or to gain immigration benefits while in
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  the United States? No.
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  What does lie mean? To say something that is.
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  Not true. To say something that is.
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  Not true. Have you ever been placed in
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  removal, rescission or deportation proceedings?
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  No. What is deportation proceeding?
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  Process for removing or deporting a person.
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  Process for removing or deporting a person.
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  Have you ever been removed or deported from the United States?
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  No. Are you a person born as a male
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  who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th
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  and 26th birthdays? No.
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  If you answered yes to item number 22 dot a, did you
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  register for the Selective Service?
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  No. If you answered yes to item
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  number 22 dot B, provide information about your
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  registration. Have you ever left the United
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  States to avoid being drafted in the US armed forces?
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  No. Have you ever applied for any
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  kind of exemption from military service in the US armed forces?
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  No. Have you ever served in the US
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  Armed forces? No.
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  Are you currently a member of the US Armed Forces?
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  No. Have you ever been court
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  martialed or have you received a discharge characterized as other
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  than honorable, bad conduct or dishonorable while in the US
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  Armed forces? No.
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  Have you ever been discharged from training or service in the
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  US armed forces because you were an alien?
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  No. Have you ever deserted from the
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  US armed forces? No.
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  Do you now have, or did you ever have a hereditary title or an
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  order of nobility in any foreign country?
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  No. If you answered yes to item
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  number 30 dot a, are you willing to give up any inherited titles
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  or orders of nobility that you have in a foreign country at
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  your naturalization ceremony? Yes.
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  Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the
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  United States? Yes.
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  What is the Constitution? It's the supreme law of the
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  land. It's the supreme law of the
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  land. Do you understand the full oath
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  of allegiance to the United States?
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  Yes. Are you unable to take the oath
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  of allegiance because of a physical or developmental
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  disability or mental impairment? No.
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  What is the Oath of allegiance to the United States?
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  A promise to be loyal to the United States.
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  A promise to be loyal to the United States.
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  Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United
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  States? Yes.
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf
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  of the United States? Yes.
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  What does bear arms mean? To own or use a gun to fight.
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  To own or use a gun to fight. If the law requires it, are you
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  willing to perform noncombatant services in the US armed forces?
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  Yes. What are noncombatant services?
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  Services that do not involve combat.
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  Services that do not involve combat.
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of
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  national importance under civilian direction?
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  Yes. What is work of national
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  importance? Tasks that are important to a
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  nation. Tasks that are important to a
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  nation. What is a civilian direction?
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  A direction from a person who is not in the military.
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  A direction from a person who is not in the military.
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  What amendment in the Bill of Rights protects freedom of
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  speech? What amendment in the Bill of
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  Rights protects freedom of speech?
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  The First Amendment protects freedom of speech.
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  The First Amendment protects freedom of speech.
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  When do people celebrate Labor Day in America?
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  When do people celebrate Labor Day in America?
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  People celebrate Labor Day in September in America.
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  People celebrate Labor Day in September in America.
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  Where does the President of the United States live?
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  Where does the President of the United States live?
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  The president. Lives in the White House in
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  Washington, DC. The president.
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  Lives in the White House in Washington, DC.
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  How does the Bill of Rights protect the rights of American
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  citizens? How does the Bill of Rights
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  protect the rights of American citizens?
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  Freedom of speech is 1 important right protected in America.
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  Freedom of speech is 1 important right protected in America.
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  What was the war fought between the North and the South?
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  What was the war fought between the North and the South?
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  The Civil War was fought between the North and the South.
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  The civil war was fought between the North and the South.
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  What do citizens pay to the federal and state government?
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  What do citizens pay to the federal and state government?
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  We pay taxes to the US government and the state
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  government. We pay taxes to the US
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  government and the state government.
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  What are the three colors on the American flag?
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  What are the three colors on the American flag?
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  The American flag has red, white, and blue colors.
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  The American flag has red, white and blue colors.
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  What do citizens have to pay to support the government?
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  What do citizens have to pay to support the government?
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  Citizens must pay taxes to support the government.
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  Citizens must pay taxes to support the government.
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  What city in the United States has the largest population?
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  What city in the United States has the largest population?
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  New York City has the largest population in the United States.
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  New York City has the largest population in the United States.
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  How often can citizens vote for president in the United States?
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  How often can citizens vote for president in the United States?
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  Citizens elect the president every four years in November.
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  Citizens elect the president every four years in November.
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  What is one right or freedom in the Bill of Rights?
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  What is one right or freedom in the Bill of Rights?
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  Freedom of speech is one right or freedom in the Bill of
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  Rights. Freedom of speech is one right
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  or freedom in the Bill of Rights.
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  Who has the right to vote in elections in the United States?
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  Who has the right to vote in elections in the United States?
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  Citizens of the United States have the right to vote in
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  elections. Citizens of the United States
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  have the right to vote in elections.
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  Why is George Washington known as the father of our country in
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  America? Why is George Washington known
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  as the father of our country in America?
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  George Washington is known as the father of our country.
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  George Washington is known as the father of our country.
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  Which presidents are honored on Presidents Day?
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  Which presidents are honored on Presidents Day?
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  Presidents Day in February honors presidents such as
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  Lincoln. Presidents Day in February
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  honors presidents such as Lincoln.
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  Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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  Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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  American Indians lived in the United States before the
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  Europeans arrived. American Indians lived in the
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  United States before the Europeans arrived.
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  Who was the president during the Civil War in the US?
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  Who was the president during the Civil War in the US?
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  Abraham Lincoln was the. President.
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  During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln.
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  Was the president? During the Civil War.
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  Which city in the United States has the most people living in
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  it? Which city in the United States
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  has the most people living in it?
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  The city in the United States where the most people live is
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  New York City. The city in the United States
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  where the most people live is New York City.
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  Where do senators meet in the capital of our country?
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  Where do senators meet in the capital of our country?
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  The senators elected by the people meet in Washington, DC.
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  The senators elected by the people meet in Washington, DC.
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  When and why is Flag Day celebrated in the United States?
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  When and why is Flag Day celebrated in the United States?
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  Flag Day is celebrated in June to honor the national flag.
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  Flag Day is celebrated in June to honor the national flag.
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  Who do senators represent in the US Congress?
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  Who do senators represent in the US Congress?
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  Senators represent the citizens in their states in the United
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  States Congress. Senators represent the citizens
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  in their states in the United States Congress.
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  Who can vote in state and federal elections in the United
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  States? Who can vote in state and
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  federal elections in the United States?
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  Citizens can vote in state and federal elections.
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  Citizens can vote in state and federal elections.
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  In what month do U.S. citizens vote for the president and
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  Congress? In what month do U.S. citizens
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  vote for the president and Congress?
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  U.S. citizens vote in November for the President and Congress.
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  U.S. citizens vote in November for the President and Congress.
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  Which American president is called the Father of our
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  country? Which American president is
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  called the Father of our country?
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  George Washington is called the father of our country.
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  George Washington is called the father of our country.
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  When is Memorial Day observed in the United States?
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  When is Memorial Day observed in the United States?
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  Memorial Day is observed in May to honor fallen soldiers.
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  Memorial Day is observed in May to honor fallen soldiers.
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  Where does Congress meet to create laws?
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  Where does Congress meet to create laws?
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  Congress meets in the Capitol to create laws for the people.
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  Congress meets in the Capitol to create laws for the people.